Picture mounting for jewelry



Aug. 27, 1929. BAUM PICTURE MOUNTING FOR JEWELRY Filed July 23-, 1927 INVENTOR I Leo [50am ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 27, 1929.

UNETE STATES r ATENT OFFICE.

LEO BAUIVI, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; ALEXANDER RiissnLL BOND nxnou'ron or SAID LEO BAUM, DECEASED.

PICTURE MOUNTING FOR JEWELRY.

Application filed July 23, 1927. Serial No..207,936.

My invention relates to improvements in mountings for pictures or fiat ornaments and particularly to mountings adapted for use in lockets and other jewelry.

Heretofore it has been the custom to provide lockets with bezels upon which open frames are secured. A; picture is inserted within the bezel and is held in place by the frame which is clamped down on the bezel and overlaps the margins of the picture. This means of fastening applies not only to lockets but to all sorts of jewelry in which it is desired to mount a picture or a flat ornament.

It is an object of my invention to provide an improved means of securing a picture ,or flat ornament in any piece of jewelry, whether the jewelry be in the form of a locket or in some other form. To this end my invention provides a mounting which may, at will, be dismounted without the use of tools.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a frame in which pictures or flat ornaments may be easily inserted and removed.

Another object is to provide a frame which will be securely held in its mounting and which is formed with means by which it may be readily withdrawn from its mounting.

My invention is particularly adaptedfoi use with locket rings, that is, rings formed with a recessed head constituting a locket body and with a lid for closing the recess;

However, my invention is not limited to such application but obviously can be applied to other forms of jewelry as well.

Another object of my invention is to provide a mounting of the character described above which very simple in construction and which may be manufactured at low cost.

With these and other objects in View which will appear hereinafter, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention, and the novelty and scope of my invention will be clearly defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a locket ring with the lid of the locket partly open to show my improved frame secured in the locket body;

2 is a side elevation of a locket ring partly broken away to show the frame mounted in the locket body; and

Fig. 3 is a view of my improved frame and a picture to be secured therein, the various parts being shown separated. Y

I have chosen for illustration a ringof the type disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 205175, filed July 12, 1927.

The details of the locket, however, form no part of the present invention exceptas the locket provides a suitable seat or mounting for my improved frame. Obviously the locket could be of circular, oval or any other form.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be observed that the ring 10 is formed with a head 11 in which there is a recess 12. The recess may be closed b alid 13 which has sliding engagementwit the head 11. In making locket rings it is-usually more convenient to taper the side walls of thelocket body so that the recess 12 is somewhat narrower and shorter at the bottom than at the top. Owing to this taper it is not practicableto depend upon friction to hold a frame in the bottom of the recess. Therefore 'I'provide the recess with a pair of shallow grooves or sockets 14 formed in opposite walls thereof and located form of a flat plate while the part 15 is in the form of an open frame preferably of metal and provided atone side edge with a laterally projecting lug 17 formed integrally with the frame member. At the opposite side'edge of the frame member there is a latch also formed integrally with the frame member and consisting of a tab bent back upon itself to form a laterally projecting lug 18 and then turned upward and outward as shown at 19 to provide: means for-operating the latch. At each end the member 15 is bent under as shown at 21-21 to provide guides in which the plate 16 may slidelaterally.

The parts shown in Fig. 3 are assembled as follows: A picture 22 is laid on the plate 16, and then the picture and plate are slid laterally into the member 15. If, desired a thin film of transparent material such as isinglass or celluloid may also be placed on the plate 16 over the picture 22 before sliding the parts into the frame member 15. The picture thus mounted is then inserted in the recess 12 with the lug 17 entering one of the sockets 14-. A slight pressure on the frame will then cause the lug 18 to snap into engagement with the opposite groove 14, thus holding the frame and picture snugly in the locket.

It will be understood that there is suflicient spring in the parts to permit the lug 18 to snap into the groove 14 and prevent the frame from falling out of the locket. Whenever it is desired to remove the picture from the locket, this can be done very readily Without the use of tools by simply inserting the thumb nail under the part 19 of the latch andspringing the lug 18 out of its socket.

The frame can then be taken apart and another picture substituted for the one already therein if so desired' Obviously the plate 16 and the frame 7 member 15with its latch and lug 17 may be stamped out ofa sheet of flat metal, after which the member is bent to the form shown in Fig. 3. The parts can thus be made at a very low cost.

If desired the plate 16 may be omitted altogether and merely the frame part 15 used. However, I prefer to employ a plate 16 as a backing for" the picture, particularly if the picture is printed on thin paper, so as to keep the picture smooth. Instead of applying the lug 17 and the latch to the frame member 15 they could also be applied to the plate 16, and, therefore, I do not Wish to limit myself to the particular construction shown in the drawings. Obviously various other changes could be made in the form and construction of my improved frame and in arrangements of various parts, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the claims. 1

By the term picture as used in the appended claims, I mean to include any fiat device, engraved plate, or ornament, such as might be mounted in a piece of jewelry.v

Having thus described my invention What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A picture frame for use in jewelry, comprising a frame member centrally apertured to expose a picture, said member be ing formed with underturned ends to provide guides 1n which a picture may sllde and being further formed with a lug atone side and a latch at the other side adapted for securing the frame member to a base.

2. A picture frame for use in jewelry,

comprising a plate member and a frame member, the latter being formed with underturned ends to provide guides in which the plate member may slide, and one of said members being formed with a lug at one side and a latch at the opposite side thereof.

3. A picture frame for use in jewelry, comprising a plate member and a frame member, the latter being formed with underturned ends in which the plate member may slide, and the frame member being formed with a lug projecting from one edge thereof and with a latch at the opposite edge thereof.

1. A picture-frame for jewelry comprising two stampings of sheet metal, one of the stampings being in the form of a frame with opposite ends turned under to form guides, the other member being in the form of a plate adapted to engage and slide in said guides, the frame member being also formed at one side with a laterally projecting lug and at the opposite side with a tab bent back on itself to form a laterally projecting lug, the tab having an upwardly bent finger portion.

5. A picture mounting of the character described, comprising a base formed with a recess and with sockets in opposite walls of the recess, a picture frame adapted to be seated in the recess, a lug at one edge of the frame adapted to enter one of'the sockets, and a spring latch at the opposite edge of the frame adapted to engage the other socket, the latch being formed with a finger piece for withdrawing the latch from its socket. I

6. A picture mounting of the character described comprising a base formed with a recess and with sockets in opposite walls of the recess, .a picture frame adapted to be seated in the recess, a lug at one edge of the frame adapted to enter one of the sockets, and a spring latch, the latter comprising a tab'bent back on itself to form a lug adapted to enter the other of the sockets, the free end of the tab being bent upwardly and toward the adjacent wall of the recess to form a finger piece. I

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this 16th day of July A. D. 1927.

LEO BAUM. 

